how do I set up a thread on cloverleaf for X12 messages

[Gene Millard]

I have never worked with X12 messages before.

I am trying to setup a thread to receive an X12 message.

Protocol is PROTOCOL:tcpip

Trx ID determination Format is X12

On the TCP/IP Protocol Properties page I am not sure how to set it up

Presently I have

TCP/IP type is server with a port number

Data Options

Type ASCII

Length 8

Justification Left

Length Calculations Exclusive

everything else is default

Running this we get the following.

[tcp :wrte:ERR /0:epicToExperianIn_tcp1:07/11/2018 08:59:05] Length decode failed: Unable to scan number from encoding

How do I know which data options to select?

Thanks in advance

Gene

The Guthrie Clinic
Sayre, PA

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[Brenda Carpenter]

Hi Gene,

I have worked with X12 but only as file input and file outputs, but can you use the protocol pdl-tcpip instead of the tcpip where you don’t need to define those parameters? We normally use mlp_tcp.pdl as the default PDL options.

For receiving the inbound x12  as a file, I needed  two TPS Inbound Data tcls, one I wrote to remove the carriage return – if there is one on your file and the other is to use this cloverleaf tcl:   hciX12splitinterchange.

Hope this helps a little. Brenda

[Robbie Parker]

Hey-  looking forward to following this thread as I too am getting ready to have to pass 270/271s through our engine.   -robbie

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